Decommissioned nuclear plants

The floating nuclear power plant "Akademik Lomonosov" is seen being towed to an Atomflot base in Murmansk for nuclear fuel loading, in St. Petersburg, Russia April 28, 2018. (REUTERS/Anton Vaganov) Dubbed a “Chernobyl on ice” and a “nuclear Titanic” by one environmental group, Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant is almost ready for its maiden voyage to a remote port town across the Bering Strait from Alaska – a move seen by many as both Moscow’s latest push to take control of the Arctic and one fraught with ecological peril. Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, which developed and built the Akademik Lomonosov power plant, said that the unit docked last Saturday in the port city of Murmansk, along the Kola Bay in northwestern Russia. After taking on a supply of nuclear fuel, the floating power plant will be towed across the Northern Sea Route to Pevek on the East Siberian Sea, where officials say it is expected to replace a … [Read more...] about Russia’s floating nuclear plant heads for the Arctic amid geopolitical and environmental concerns

Video game pads and similar products are being used to mani- pulate robots engaged in decommissioning work at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. JAPAN NEWS / YOMIURI A robotic arm designed for decommissioning work at nuclear power plants is seen at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works. The arm is operated by a game pad. Video game pads and similar products are being used to mani- pulate robots engaged in decommissioning work at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Young workers who have used game pads to play video games at home can operate them easily and take full command of detailed operations. The game pads are perfectly suited to remotely maneuvering robots working in areas humans cannot reach. A 23-foot-long, 3.5-ton giant arm slowly moves at a factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe. The … [Read more...] about Game pads prove handy for decommissioning nuclear plants

Exelon says it will close Three Mile Island's Unit One reactor in September 2019. (Photo by Joe Ulrich/WITF) Will TMI be more or less dangerous after it closes? Depends who you ask. One thing is for sure: The risks won't go away entirely. (Middletown) -- When Three Mile Island partially melted down on March 28, 1979, the danger was immediate and came from within the plant. A failure -- either mechanical or electrical -- led to the 1979 disaster, the highest-profile nuclear power scare in American history. If the plant closes, as it's currently slated to in 2019, that exact scenario won't happen again. But without a federal plan to remove nuclear waste from the site, danger will continue to lurk at TMI for years, decades or centuries. That's why some have speculated that a nuclear incident could actually be more likely after plants like TMI close, which is happening across the nation with increasing frequency. These concerns follow decades of stalled solutions for the … [Read more...] about Closing Three Mile Island nuclear plant won’t eliminate hazardsYou may also be interested in…

Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print First of two parts OAK HARBOR, Ohio — To Americans who never visited this quaint little village about 30 miles east of Toledo, Oak Harbor is little more than a dateline for news generated by the nearby Davis-Besse nuclear plant the past 40 years. But to those who grew up in northern Ottawa County, students in the highly regarded Benton-Carroll-Salem school district, and others with connections to the village and its surrounding townships, Oak Harbor still possesses the heartbeat and feel of a charming, Norman Rockwell-esque small town. Its most prominent intersection downtown is anchored by a locally owned hardware store with creaky wooden floors. Neighborhoods are well-kept, a mix of stately old homes — some brick — with porches large enough to kick back and enjoy soft, summer breezes. Fast-food and chain restaurants have made inroads, but locals still talk up the homemade pies at Mom & Pop … [Read more...] about Fate of Davis-Besse nuclear plant looms over Oak Harbor